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作者介绍：特蕾莎修女(Mother Teresa,1910-1997)，印度著名的慈善家，印度天主教仁爱传教会创始人，在世界范围内建立了一个庞大的慈善机构网，赢得了国际社会的广泛尊敬。1979年被授予诺贝尔和平奖。本文所选即好在领取该奖项时的演讲辞，语言简洁质朴而感人至深。诺贝尔奖领奖台上响起的声音往往都是文采飞扬、热烈、激昂。而特雷莎修女的演说朴实无华，其所举事例听来似平凡之至，然而其中所蕴含的伟大而神圣的爱感人至深。平凡中孕育伟大，真情才能动人。我们作文时，要善于从自己所熟知的平凡中发掘伟大，以真情来打动读者。
The poor are very wonderful people. One evening we went out and we picked up four people from the street. And one of them was in a most terrible condition，and I told the sisters: You take care of the other three. I take care of this one who looked worse. So I did for her all that my love can do. I put her in bed, and there was such a beautiful smile on her face. She took hold of my hand as she said just the words "thank you" and she died. I could not help but examine my conscience[良心]before her and I asked what would I say if I was in her place. And my answer was very simple. I would have tried to draw a little attention to myself. I would have said I am hungry, that I am dying, I am cold, I am in pain, or something, but she gave me much more-she gave me her grateful love. And she died with a smile on her face. As did that man whom we picked up from the drain[阴沟、下水道], half eaten with worms, and we brought him to the home. "I have lived like an animal in the street, but I am going to die like an angel, loved and cared for." And it was so wonderful to see the greatness of that man who could speak like that, who could die like that without blaming anybody, without cursing anybody, without comparing anything. Like an angel-this is the greatness of our people. And that is why we believe what Jesus had said: I was hungry, I was naked, I was homeless, I was unwanted, unloved, uncared for, and you did it to me.
穷人是非常了不起的人。一天晚上，我们外出，从街上带回了四个人，其中一个生命岌岌可危。于是我告诉修女们说：“你们照料其他三个，这个濒危的人就由我来照顾了。”就这样，我为她做了我的爱所能做的一切。我将她放在床上，看到她的脸上绽露出如此美丽的微笑。她握着我的手，只说了句“谢谢您”就死了。我情不自禁地在她面前审视起自己的良知来。我问自己，如果我是她的话，会说些什么呢？答案很简单，我会尽量引起旁人对我的关注，我会说我饥饿难忍，冷得发抖，奄奄一息，痛苦不堪，诸如此类的话。但是她给我的却更多更多――她给了我她的感激之情。她死时脸上却带着微笑。我们从排水道带回的那个男子也是如此。当时，他几乎全身都快被虫子吃掉了，我们把他带回了家。“在街上，我一直像个动物一样地活着，但我将像个天使一样地死去，有人爱，有人关心。”真是太好了，我看到了他的伟大之处，他竟能说出那样的话。他那样地死去，不
责怪任何人，不诅咒任何人，无欲无求。像天使一样――这便是我们的人民的伟
大之所在。因此我们相信耶稣所说的话――我饥肠辘辘――我衣不蔽体――我无
家可归――我不为人所要，不为人所爱，也不为人所关心――然而，你却为我做
了这一切。
I believe that we are not real social workers. We may be doing social work in the eyes of the people, but we are really contemplatives[修行者、沉思冥想的人] in the heart of the world. For we are touching the body of Christ twenty-four hours…And I think that in our family we d on't need bombs and guns, to destroy, to bring peace, just get together, love one another, bring that peace, that joy, that strength of presence of each other in the home. And we will be able to overcome all the evil that is in the world.
我想，我们算不上真正的社会工作者。在人们的眼中，或许我们是在做社会
工作，但实际上，我们真的只是世界中心的修行者。因为，一天24小时，我们都在触摸基督的圣体。我想，在我们的大家庭时，我们不需要枪支和炮弹来破坏和平，或带来和平――我们只需要团结起来，彼此相爱，将和平、欢乐以及每一个
家庭成员灵魂的活力都带回世界。这样，我们就能战胜世界上现存的一切邪恶。
And with this prize that I have received as a Prize of Peace, I am going to try to make the home for many people who have no home. Because I believe that love begins at home, and if we can create a home for the poor I think that more and more love will spread. And we will be able through this understanding love to bring peace be the good news to the poor. The poor in our own family first, in our country and in the world. To be able to do this, our Sisters, our lives have to be wove with prayer. They have to be woven with Christ to be able to understand, to be able to share. Because to be woven with Christ is to be able to understand, to be able to share. Because today there is so much suffering…When I pick up a person from the street, hungry, I give him a plate of rice, a piece of bread, I have satisfied.
I have removed that hunger. But a person who is shut out, who feels unwanted, unloved, terrified, the person who has been thrown out from society-that poverty is so full of hurt and so unbearable…And so let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love, and once we begin to love each other naturally we want to do something.
我准备以我所获得的诺贝尔和平奖奖金为那些无家可归的人们建立自己的家园。因为我相信，爱源自家庭，如果我们能为穷人建立家园，我想爱便会传播得
更广。而且，我们将通过这种宽容博大的爱而带来和平，成为穷人的福音。首先
为我们自己家里的穷人，其次为我们国家，为全世界的穷人。为了做到这一点，
姐妹们，我们的生活就必须与祷告紧紧相连，必须同基督结结一体才能互相体谅，共同分享，因为同基督结合一体就意味着互相体谅，共同分享。因为，今天的世
界上仍有如此多的苦难存在……当我从街上带回一个饥肠辘辘的人时，给他一盘饭，一片面包，我就能使他心满意足了，我就能躯除他的饥饿。但是，如果一个
人露宿街头，感到不为人所要，不为人所爱，惶恐不安，被社会抛弃――这样的
贫困让人心痛，如此令人无法忍受。因此，让我们总是微笑想见，因为微笑就是爱的开端，一旦我们开始彼此自然地相爱，我们就会想着为对方做点什么了。
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The Two Roads 两条路 It was New Year's Night. An aged man was s tanding at a window. He had already passed sixty of the stages leading to it, and he had brought from his jou rney nothing but errors and remorse. The days of his youth appeared like dreams before him, and he recalled the serious moment when his father place d him at the entrance of the two roads-one le ading to a peaceful, sunny place, covered with flowers, fruits and resounding with soft, sweet songs；the other leading to a deep, dark cave, which was endless. He looked towards the sky and cried painfully, ″O youth, return！O my father, place me once more at the entrance to life, and I'l l choose the better way！″But both his father and the days of his youth had passed away. The clock in the high church tower struck and the sound made him remember his parents' early love for him. They had taught him and prayed to God for his good. But he chose the wrong way. Hi s darkened eyes were full of tears, and with a despairing effort, h e burst out a c ry: ″Come back, my early days！Come back！″ And his youth did return, for all this was only a dream which he had on New Year's Night. Those who still linger on the entrance of life, hesitating to choose the bright road, remember that when years are passed and your feet stumble on the dark mountains, you will cry bitterly, but in vain: ″O youth, return！Oh give me back my early days！″ . 新课标第一网系列资料https://www.360docs.net/doc/8416044299.html,
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关于立春你可能不知道的9件事 The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Spring (Chinese: 立春), the first solar term of the year, begins this year on Feb 3 and ends on Feb 17. 中国传统的农历把一年分为24个节气，其中立春（Start of Spring）是第一个节气，今年的立春从2月3日开始，至2月17日结束。 Start of Spring lifts the curtain of spring. After that everything turns green and full of vigor; people clearly see that the daytime is becoming longer and the weather is becoming warmer. 立春揭开了春天的序幕。立春过后，万事万物都变成了绿色、充满了生机和活力；人们能够很清楚地观察到白天变得越来越长、天气变得越来越暖和。 Here are nine things you should know about Start of Spring. 以下是关于立春你应该知道的9件事。 Start of Spring and Spring Festival 一、立春曾经是春节？ As a solar term, Start of Spring had already entered people’s lives in the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC). At that time, there were eight solar terms. According to some experts, the 24 solar terms were used for the first time in books during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24), when the Start of Spring was set as the Spring Festival. In 1913, the first day of the first month of the lunar year was mandated as the Spring Festival.
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八.阅读理解：正确的“√”表示，错误的“×”表示 A: Yang Ling ,what did you do last Sunday？ B: I visited Liu Tao’s grandparents. A: Where do they live？ B:They Live in a small town near Nanjing .They have a really nice house. I went there with Su Hai ,Su Yang , Gao Shan, Liu Tao and Ben. They were very glad to see us. Liu Tao’s grandpa showed us a lot of stamps from different countries. His grandma cooked us nice lunch. We liked the food very much. A: What did you do there？ B: In the morning, we cleaned their afternoon. We worked in their garden. SuHai and Su Yang watered the trees and flowers . Liu Tao and Gao Shan picked and I planted some trees. We worked for about two hours (小时) A: Were you tired？ B: No! I like working in the garden. We had a really good time. A: Great ! I’d like to visit them ,too. 判断正误，用“√”或“×”表示 ( )①Wang Bing and Yang Ling visited Liu Tao’s grandparents last Sunday. ( )②On the farm ,Yang Ling planted trees. ( )③Liu Tao’s grandma cooked a nice lunch. ( )④Yang Ling and Su Hai planted flowers. ( )⑤They worked on the farm for about two hours 六、阅读理解，根据短文内容判断正（T）误(F)。（10分） It's Sunday morning. The students of Class 3 are giving their classroom a good cleaning. Miss Huang, their teacher, is working with them. The children are busy. Some are carrying water; some are cleaning the windows; others are sweeping the floor. Zhang Hua is putting up a map on the wall. It is a map of China. Wang Fei and Wei Qing are mending some broken chairs. The children are listening to the radio while they are working. The classroom looks nice and bright after the cleaning. The children are very happy. They go home for lunch at noon.
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Johnny lived with his mother and father in a restful mountainous town in Switzerland. 小约翰和爸爸妈妈一起住在瑞士一座宁静的山城里。 One day there was an earthquake near the town. Many houses were injured. Everybody thought that there would soon be another earthquake. They were worried that the second earthquake would be worse than the first. 一天小城附近发生了一场地震，很多马匹都受伤了。大家都认为不久就会有第二场地震。他们担心第二场会比第一场更猛烈。 "We must send Johnny to a safe place," Johnny's mother said to her husband, "many of our friends are sending their children to relatives in other towns." “我们必须把小约翰送到安全的地方，”小约翰的妈妈对她丈夫说，“很多朋友都把孩子送到住在别的城市的亲戚家了。” "We'll send him to my brother, Peter." "Johnny's mother said, "He lives a long way away. Johnny will be safe with him." “我们把他送到我兄弟彼得那里吧，”约翰的爸爸说，“他住得离这里很远，小约翰和他在一起会很安全。” He telephoned Johnny's Uncle Peter, an expert in botany, and asked him if he would let Johnny live with him. 他给约翰的叔叔彼得，一个植物学专家，打电话问他是否可以让小约翰和他住在一起。"Your nephew is a good boy," he said, "He won't give you any trouble." “你的侄子是个好孩子，”他说，“他不会给你带来麻烦的。” "All right," Johnny's Uncle Peter said, "But I'm not used to children. I live a very quiet and peaceful life." “好的，”小约翰的叔叔彼得说，“但我不太习惯孩子，我的生活非常安静平和。” "You won't know Johnny's in the house," his father told him.
英语高考时文阅读材料(八)
英语高考时文阅读材料（八） 编者：如今的英语高考、模拟考的阅读材料（完形填空、阅读理解、任务型阅读）大都选自中国、欧美等主流媒体的最新时鲜文章，与最新人文科技、政治文化接轨。作为一名考生，在接触阅读世界最新潮流的同时也应该积累素材，并培养相关英语文章的阅读能力。 下面摘取了最新的来自中国日报网（CHINA DAILY）的两篇文章，并做了必要的批注，且于文章末尾增添了几个小习题，可自行按照所附的参考答案检测阅读效果。 打算把卧室墙壁涂成灰色？睡眠专家表示：考虑一下蓝色吧 Is the colour of your bedroom walls keeping YOU awake? 中国日报网2020-02-05 13:35 Sidekix Media It may be the decor colour of the moment but painting your bedroom wall the same shade as a bleak English sky could actually stop you from getting your eight hours' in.
Grey is one of the colours that you should blacklist（黑名单）when thinking of re-painting your bedroom, according to a sleep expert at mattress company Sealy. However, blue could actually promote（促进）sleep because it sends calming messages to the brain. And while you might sleep in the dark, creeping light from streetlamps, and clutter（凌乱）from an untidy room could all add up to a night of insomnia. Grey isn't the only colour you should avoid if you're reaching for a paintbrush. Reds, browns and purples can all hinder a peaceful night's sleep, says Sealy's sleep expert Natalie Armstrong. She told Femail: 'While your room is dark when you go to sleep, many of us spend an hour or more in our bedrooms with the light on before going to sleep, which is when the colour of your bedroom can be so disruptive（颠覆性的）. 'Colours that are too bright can put your brain into a state of high alert, which can last long after you’ve turned the light off and can no longer see the colour.